Biography Elisabeth Olivier
Elisabeth Olivier was born in Vienna, studied at the Academy of Arts in Vienna and has been working as a painter ever since. She is a member of the renowned Vienna Künstlerhaus and has exhibited in Austria as well as in numerous European cities(Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels, Munich etc.).
Her most favoured technique is oil painting where she has achieved special artistry, her most favoured themes are landscapes and figures. Landscapes in Tuscany and the Danube valley, Mediterranean impressions, views of medieval cities but also landscapes which are based on her journeys to distant continents (Egypt, South Africa, Tibet, Indonesia etc.) have influenced her work.
She also paints the human figure and faces — faces hidden behind masks and thus often distorted and only partly recognizable. Her figures display women, women in dismay, in despair but also in their beauty.
Elisabeth Olivier has published catalogues and books, one small volume "Im Lachen lieben" includes drawings and poems by the painter. She also writes poetry in the English language which are part of this volume.
In the year 2003 she started making prints —etchings - and small ceramic sculptures which are displayed in her exhibitions as well.
Purchases: Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Burgenländisches Landesmuseum, Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum ,Wien, Marktgemeinde Perchtoldsdorf, Marktgemeinde Guntramsdorf, Creditanstalt Wien, Zentralsparkasse Wien, Post u. Telegrafenverwaltung, div. Firmen (Henkel ,Tandem Computer etc.) sowie Private.
Exhibitions, Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
1981 Galerie 5 x Art ,Wien
1982 Künstlerhaus Wien
1983 Kleine Galerie in der
Neudeggergasse, Wien
1984 Galerie des technischen Zentrums der
Creditanstalt,Wien
1985 Rathausgalerie ,St.Veit Glan,Kärnten
1986 Kulturverein „Pannonia“,
Breitenbrunn, Burgenland
1987 Galerie Spalenberg, Basel, Schweiz
Galerie Nonntal, Salzburg
1988 Dokumentationszentrum für Moderne
Kunst, St.Pölten
1990 Schloss Halbturn ,Burgenland
1991 Künstlerhaus Wien, Hausgalerie
Galerie Prisma ,Wien
1992 „House of Art by
Postl&Smid Großebersdorf / NÖ
1993 Galerie der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Melk, NÖ
1994 Rathausgalerie St. Veit /Glan, Kärnten
1995 Gedenkausstellung zur Befreiung des KZ Auschwitz,
Guntramsdorf, NÖ
Galerie Wohlleb, Wien
1996 Weinstadtmuseum Krems, Dominikanerkirche ,Krems,NÖ
Renner Institut, Wien, Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf
1997 Galerie „Mots et Tableaux“ ,Brüssel
1998 Bank Austria, Hauptgebäude ,Wien
2004 Webgalerie, Wien
Galerie 7 ,Eisenstadt, Burgenland
Stadtschulrat f. Wien
2005 KunstmesseSalzburg
2006 :Brunner Heimathaus,Brunn/Gebirge NÖ
Teilnahme am internationalen
Künstlersymposion POAART bei Marburg, Slowenien
Galerie "Zu ebener Erde und im ersten Stock" Korneuburg, NÖ
Kunstmesse Reggio/Emilia 2006, Italien
2007 Kunstraum Artefakt , (Palais Ferstel) Wien 1010
2008 Amtshaus Margareten, Sitzungssaal, 1050 Wien
Sept. Kunsthaus Rust, Atelier Galerie
Catherine Sica, Rust, Burgenland (in Planung)